The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
We oppose this government’s ‘developers charter’ and need your voice. Do you agree with us that the green spaces that make our area special need to be preserved, and new housing should first be built on brownfield sites, after the infrastructure is provided with schools, improved transport, and GP places guaranteed? Help us send a message to Government and make Labour listen to local people.
Find our more about the local plan on our frequently asked questions page.
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Local MP Tim Farron goes to the Age Concern AGM at midday today as county council bosses continue to push forward plans for charging for day care for the elderly. At the meeting, Tim will be talking to many people who make use of day care.
A long time advertiser in the Springvale Ward Focus ,Caddick Butcher's of Childs Avenue, Woodcross, a has gained the top award for health and hygiene in Wolverhampton. Just four premises in the whole of the City gained the top grade and Caddick's was the only butcher's. Cllr Mike Heap said, "Anyone who shops here can see how spotlessly clean the butcher's is and as a result official recognition by Environmental Health is a fitting reward."
On the 100th day of the SNP administration in Holyrood, Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Friday 24th August) backed comments by Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Nicol Stephen MSP that the SNP Scottish government was skating "on thin ice."
The ex-White Lion Pub on Cheriton High Street, Folkestone has had a planning application submitted to Shepway Council to turn the main building into a 16 flat student accommodation building, with 4 new terrace houses to the rear in Chilham Road.
Shepway District Council has submitted a formal application for outline planning permission for six houses on the part of Cheriton Recreation Ground between the Bowls Club and Weymouth Road.
St Peter's Ward Liberal Democrat Focus Team have started to deliver their latest Focus. The main stories are: Zahid Shah calls for Ward wide clean up;
